diff --git a/conf/machine/witherspoon-tacoma.conf b/conf/machine/witherspoon-tacoma.conf
index bd8d711..572484f 100644
--- a/conf/machine/witherspoon-tacoma.conf
+++ b/conf/machine/witherspoon-tacoma.conf
@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@
 # last partition (hostfw) was made configurable. The default size of the hostfw
 # partition is 5GB, therefore setting it to 4GB for Tacoma.
 WKS_HOSTFW_SIZE = "4G"
+
+IMAGE_FEATURES_remove = "obmc-ikvm"